Flying toy



Sept. 10, 1929. w. ONYSKO 1,727,726

FLYING TOY Filed 001;, 21, 1927 INVENTOR WA 5 )L ON) /\0 Y M ATT NEY Patented Sept. 10, 1929.

UNITEDv STATES WASYL ONYSKO, or FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS.

FLYING TOY.

Application filed October 21, 1327. Serial No. 227,804

My invention relates to that class of toys in which a rotatable spindle contained within a suitable handle is provided at its upper end with an enlarged head of a particular contour upon which is mounted a vaned disc or blade, which by the rotation of said head is propelled upwardly in the air.

It is an object of my invention to provide a flying toy which is simple in structure and reliable in operation.

Another object of my invention is to pro vide a toy wherein the spinning means is reversible thereby rendering it unnecessary to wind the cord upon the spindle.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawlng.

I attain these objects and advantages by means of the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein;

Fig. 1 is a sectional view, partly in elevation, of a toy constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of the rotating head of the toy.

Figs. 3 and 4 are plan and elevational views of one type of flying vane which may be used.

Figure 5 is detail view of the roller head.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 represents a tubular handle having the ends 2 and 3 which are each provided with aligned openings through which a spindle 4; is received and disposed for rotation.

The spindle is mounted for rotation within the tubular handle and is held against thrust or sliding movement by the nut 5, and the head nut 6. The upper end of the spindle which protrudes above the cap 2 tapers to a point 7. A roller surface 8 is mounted on the upper tapered extremity of the spindle shaft and this mounting may be accomplished by providing the tapered end with threads and screwing the roller onto the same. The spindle shaft inclosed within the tubular handle is provided in its upper region with' an opening to which a cord 9 may be atopenings 10 are provided in the tubular han dle in such a way as to allow the cord 9 to freely work out and in. i

The roller head 8 is provided with an irregular surface as shown in the drawing. The surface'is so cut as to provide high points 11 and 12. A notch 13 is'cut out under each high point. The lowestportions of the surface are those immediately adjacent the notches. The vane or propellershown is substantially S-shaped and is slightly bent to conform to the upper surface of the roller head and the blades 15 and 16 are slightly benton their inner edges to provide lifting ability. The propeller is provided with an opening 17 which is'adapted' to be received by the tapered end 7.

The mode of operation is as follows: The parts are made and put together as de scribech The propeller is placed on, the roller head. the end 7' passing through the hole 17. The edgesof the propellershank being received under the notches provided in the curvilinear edge of'the roller head. By .pullingon the end '9 rapidly a rotating motion is imparted to the roller head whereupon the propelleris thrown upwardly. The spindle reverses itself when the cord is entirely pulled out and the cord is wound in the opposite direction and then so reversed again making the toy ready for the discharge of the next propeller. The wind ing of the cord is entirely automatic and happens as a sequence to each discharge of a propeller. The nut head 6 at all times should allow free spinning of the spindle 4.

All that has beensaid above in the description of my preferred embodiment is offered by way of illustration and not limitation. I do not wish to be limited to the exact structure of the preferred embodiment shown and described, or to any particular material used in the construction of parts, or to the design of parts, but desire protection as against any variations in structure which utilize the principle of my invention and fall within the purview of my invention and are Within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

The invention having been set forth, What is claimed as new and useful is:

A flying toy comprising in combination atubular handle having a cap member thread ed thereon, at each open end, a rotatable spindle axially disposed within said handle and extending the entire length of said tubular handle, each of said cap members being provided with openings through which said spindle passes, a head nut on the lower extremity of said spindle exterior of the lower cap member, asnut member on the spindle at the top extremity exterior of and adjacent the upper cap member, said nuts and cap members being adapted to prevent the axial slippage of said spindle while permitting itsrotation freely, said cap members. further acting as bearing members for said spindle, a tapered head on the upper extremity of said spindle, a solid wooden'roller mounted on said tapered head and having a bottom recess to receive the top portion of said top nut, said roller having a diameter substantially twice that of the tubular handle and having an undulatory upper surface With two diametrically opposed raised portions adjacent the edge, said raised portions having two diametrically opposed notches cut therein, an S-shaped flying vane having an opening therein, said spindle being of suiiicient length to pass through said roller head and protrude to form a spindle upon which said flying vane is placed, said diametrically opposed edge notches being adapted to contact said vane at opposite edges whereby said flying vane is caused to turn with the roller, a cord means for communicating a rotary movement to said roller head through said spindle, openings through which said cord passes in said tubularhandle at substantially one quarter of the distance from the top, said handle being capable of being manually held immediately below said openings.

Signed at Fall River in the county of Bristol, State of Massachusetts, this fifteenth day of October, 1927.

W ASYL ONYSKO. 

